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Hey guys welcome to my build thread, I'll be showing off my modifications and changes made to the car over time, and i'll constantly update this thread whenever something changes, you guys know the drill! Thanks for looking!

My dad bought the car brand new back on August 24th, 2001. Heres what it looked like fresh out of the factory:

About a month after he picked it up, he decided to put a wing on the back, not sure why, but I dont think it looks too bad! I dont have any pics atm of the car stock with the wing.

My dad drove the car for about 9 years, then passed the car down to me. I had already been driving a couple of years, so he wasnt giving it to a new driver, I had just turned 18 years old at the time.

The miles it had on it when the keys were passed down to me in 2010:

My first mods were to get clear corners, sides, relectors, and some ccfl angel eyes!

My dads new ride, another e46!

Next mod, m3 replica front bumper!

Next mod had to be newe wheels, and I decided to pick up some 18x8 umnitza csl reps! And I threw on some 20mm spacers in the rear to get the flush look:

I then got bored of the chrome grilles and decided to go black!

Picked up some umnitza orion v2 opaque angel eyes:

And then some Led tails!

So thats what I got so far! Hopefully my next mod is some lowering springs, and possibly an m-tech II rear/csl front splitters. Let me know what you guys think!

Beautiful car, very clean and tastefull mods. I would recommend chrome exhaust tips to complement the rear. Cheap component but definitely gives a classy look. Since your front grill is gray and considering the beautiful alpine white color of your car I would highly recommend the glossy black window trim.

Looks really good, puts some sport coils and lower it. it looks like you rub at rear.

Thank you! Working on it!

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Originally Posted by [USMC]Skywalker

Beautiful car, very clean and tastefull mods. I would recommend chrome exhaust tips to complement the rear. Cheap component but definitely gives a classy look. Since your front grill is gray and considering the beautiful alpine white color of your car I would highly recommend the glossy black window trim.

Appreciate it, thanks! What do you recommend I do to get a chrome exhaust tip and black window trim? Does bmw sell chrome exhaust tips? And shadowline is kinda expensive.

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Originally Posted by THECLEANERBEAMER

Your dad only drove it 31k miles in 9 years?! Did he have another at the same time?

Yep! He has a truck that he drives to work because he has to haul lots of things. He only got to drive the e46 on weekends. Its at 52k miles now, about 22k miles in 2 years that I have put on it.